Eliana Abu-Hamdi
Vice Provost for Research and Strategic Partnerships
Biography
Dr. Eliana Abu-Hamdi is the Vice Provost for Research and Strategic Partnerships at Pratt where she oversees the Provost’s Research Centers and Accelerators, housed within the Research Yard.
Prior to Pratt, Eliana served as the Associate Dean for Research at the Syracuse University School of Architecture. Concurrent with her administrative appointment at Syracuse, she was Associate Professor of Architecture, with tenure.
An urbanist, designer, historian, and Middle Eastern/Global South scholar, her research on refugee migration, architecture and development in Jordan contributes to the debates on the political economy of urbanism in developing cities, thereby establishing a connection between their geopolitical histories and urban present.
She earned her PhD and MS in Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, with an emphasis in Global Metropolitan Studies, earned a Master of Architecture as well, and is an experienced practitioner and studio instructor who has taught at Pratt, Boston Architectural College, UC Berkeley, and NewSchool of Architecture and Design. She has also taught at Hunter College, in the Political Science department.
Education
B.A. Architecture, University of California at Berkeley
MArch Newschool of Architecture
M.S. Architectural History, University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D. Architecture, University of California at Berkeley